- SS Lazio are unbeaten in 3 Serie A 2026/2027 home games, winning 2 and drawing 1.
- AC Parma are yet to win away from home in Serie A 2026/2027 after 3 games, drawing 0 and losing 3.
A cagey clash in the Eternal City
Lazio are clear favourites for Saturday's Serie A 2026/2027 clash with AC Parma at Stadio Olimpico, where the visitors have yet to register a victory away from home in the new season. The bookmakers make Lazio 51/100 favourites, while Parma are 11/2 and that looks about right based on the teams' early-season form. But this could be closer than the odds indicate and it won't necessarily be all smooth sailing for the Biancocelesti.
Gennaro Gattuso's men have been impressive this season, winning 3 and drawing 2 of their last 5 games. After drawing 3-3 with Serie B outfit Juve Stabia, Lazio bounced back with a 3-1 home win over SSD Monza 1912 to get their Serie A 2026/2027 campaign up and running. Frattesi's ability to play the sharp, attacking midfield role in Gattuso's 4-3-3 formation has been a real boost to Lazio's cause and his 3 goals in 5 makes him a likely anytime goalscorer here.
Parma's form has been mixed, to put it generously, with 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats in their last 5 competitive games. After a 2-1 away defeat to Como, a 2-1 victory over Genoa at home and a 3-0 loss to Inter, Alberto Gilardino's men have shown themselves to be an inconsistent outfit. They sit 17th in the table, 12 points behind 3rd-placed Lazio and it is difficult to see how they can seriously challenge the hosts here.
Lazio’s intensity should see them through
The head-to-head record for this fixture also suggests that there could be a bit more of a game than the bookmakers expect. Lazio have won 1 and drawn 2 of the last 3 meetings, so Parma will arrive in Rome with some psychological resistance. The last H2H was a 1-1 draw at Lazio in Serie A 2025/2026 and Parma proved that they could make things difficult for the home side.
Lazio's pressure game and Parma's low block make this a classic press vs block affair and Gilardino's team will need to stay tight from the first whistle. They have scored an average of just 0.33 goals per game away from home in Serie A 2026/2027 and conceded an average of 2.33, so there is scope for the hosts to gain some breathing space. But the visitors have enough to cause problems of their own - David Romero is the most likely man to nick a goal on the counterattack as he has been Parma's most clinical forward, scoring 2 of their last 4 goals.
Under 2.5 goals is a decent 4/5 and Both Teams to Score - No is also a reasonable 73/100, but Lazio's home advantage, the odds available and the fact that they are a good team with bite means we are taking the favourites.
